Next Generation Trns•portNext Generation Trns•portCurrent Development Update Current Development Update

Presented by

Ian Baldwin, Info Tech, Inc.

October 2006

TopicsTopics

• NGT Preconstruction Progress• NGT Infrastructure Progress• Michigan Materials Prework• Development Approach• Customer Involvement• Preparing for Additional Phases

NGT Preconstruction ProgressNGT Preconstruction Progress

OverviewOverview

• Focus on Preconstruction Business• Capture big picture view of changes

– Not everything in NGT is represented here

• View through sprint 15 (end of September)

Preconstruction Functions – CurrentPreconstruction Functions – Current

Preconstruction ProjectPreconstruction Project

• What Is In NGT– All of Project functions except handful of

fields– Most of alternate and funding functionality

• What Is Left– Sections (Key Area Not Started)– Category Improvements

Preconstruction ProposalPreconstruction Proposal

• What Is In NGT– All of Proposal functions except handful of fields– Cost + Time throughout tracking and business

logic

• What Is Left– Cost + Time Portions of some reports– Addenda (Key area not started)

• Actively working on user stories to define requirements• Process will likely change from C/S, hopefully for the

better with user feedback

Preconstruction LettingPreconstruction Letting

• What Is In NGT– Most of bid letting – Most of bid management

• What Is Left– Award/Reject statuses– Planholder billing– Address Labels– Final bid validations and calculations

Preconstruction Business AspectsPreconstruction Business Aspects

• What Is In NGT– Interface to Expedite– Proposal Level Reports– Basic Agency Options

• What Is Left– All other Trns•port interfaces out of C/S– Bid Lettings Summary Reports– Funding Reports– Detail Estimate Reports– Remaining Agency Options

NGT Infrastructure ProgressNGT Infrastructure Progress

OverviewOverview

• Focus on Infrastructure – all of NGT will be impacted

• Capture big picture view of changes– Not everything in NGT is represented here

• Try to balance needs of now and still look forward– Don’t have detailed future requirements so… – Don’t paint ourselves into a corner when we get

there

Infrastructure – CurrentInfrastructure – Current

CustomizationCustomization

• What Is In NGT– Field Validation– Report Tool – Active Reports– Filtering and Sorting– Page Customization

• What Is Left– Custom Processes/Plug-ins Framework

(Key area not started)– Attachments (Key area not started)

Reference DataReference Data

• What Is In NGT– Most Vendor Tables– Reference Items– Special Provisions– Reference Funds

• What Is Left– Vendor Affiliates– Individual Code Tables

SecuritySecurity

• What Is In NGT– Login– Access Rights to nearly all existing pages– User and Role Maintenance

• What Is Left– Control Groups (Key area not started)– Simplifying Role Maintenance– Complete Active Directory Support– Auditing/Logging (Key area not started)

• Determining requirements for auditing – maybe handled outside of NGT

Packaging/DeliveryPackaging/Delivery

• What Is In NGT– Install as part of build environment– Incremental migration and documentation

• What Is Left– Remaining functions migration and

documentation

Michigan Materials Pre-workMichigan Materials Pre-work

Materials Prework Overview Materials Prework Overview

• Incorporated as part of NGT• Funded by Michigan DOT

– Involved in User Story Creation, end of sprint review

• Already addressing scope from the larger Materials proposal

• Will be in a much better position to start the Materials phase when it happens

• Another method to get involved– Jump start a particular area of interest– Get involved on the ground floor

Progress on Materials Prework Progress on Materials Prework

• Reference Materials• Sources and Facilities• Pre-tested Stock and transactions• Certified Materials and Basis of Acceptance

– Shipments– Validations– Verifications of Quantity

Development ApproachDevelopment Approach

Development Approach RevisitedDevelopment Approach Revisited

• PES/LAS C/S as Baseline• Look for opportunities of improvement• Where practical, don’t carry over

functionality that isn’t used, or could be obsolete

• All data in C/S will have a home in NGT

Practical Examples of Redesigns Practical Examples of Redesigns

• Letting/Proposal Relationship– Easier to move proposal

• Fund Packages– More flexible– Can emulate what was done in C/S– Should simplify payment algorithms

• In Progress: “Person” within NGT– Staff Code Table– User Table– Vendor Officer

Testing FrameworkTesting Framework

• Drives the whole process• Safety net to try new things• Acceptance Test• User Interface Tests• Installation Tests

Why Do My End Users Care?Why Do My End Users Care?

• High quality • Easier to deliver updates• Customization opportunities that could

simplify their tasks• An opportunity to more closely align

NGT with agency business practices

Customer InvolvementCustomer Involvement

Collaborative Involvement Collaborative Involvement

• Trns•port Task Force– Owners of product backlog – content and priority– Sign-off at end of Sprint

• Technical Review Team– Forming for Preconstruction

• Proposal thru Award TAG– Review detailed progress– Feed requirements for potential new backlog

items– Sounding board for approaches in redesigning

certain areas

NGT Forum NGT Forum

• Agencies Involved– 23 Total Agencies have posted– Kudos to Nebraska

• Averaging About 1 New Topic per Week• Added Helpful Tips FAQ Forum• Added Civil Rights• E-mail notification functions

– Notification for new topics in a given area– Notification for replies to a specific topic

NGT Preview Site NGT Preview Site

• Encourage Agency Use• Performance Improvements

– Based on less data– Programmatic Improvements

• Data Available– User List Maintained between sprints– Researching keeping data between sprints

• Merge Entered Data with Migrated Data

NGT Pre-ReleaseNGT Pre-Release

• Development approach provides monthly production release

• Validate elements not on preview site– Installation– Migration– Configuration– Customization

• Contact Jim Johnson of the TTF if your agency is interested in a pre-release

Get InvolvedGet Involved

• NGT Forum– Get your opinion heard

• NGT Preview Site– Stress it, break it– See if it works for you

• Volunteer– TAGs– TRTs– Early Release Agency

Preparing for Additional PhasesPreparing for Additional Phases

Additional Phases for NGTAdditional Phases for NGT

• CRLMS projected to start in Q1• Business Manager for each phase• Ramping up additional NGT resources• Development team preparing to

support multiple NGT phases with updates to tools and processes

• Ensure strategic unification goals

Questions/Comments?Questions/Comments?